Mangle



H. LIYN I ,MANGLE Filed Feb. 10, 1926 M M M Patented Get. 23, 1928.

UNETED STATES PATENT QFFEQE.

HJALMAR AHLIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MANGLE.

Application filed February and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in which- Fig. 1 is a view of the mangle in front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a side view showing the mangle attached to a support.

Like reference characters sponding parts in both views.

The mangle comprises a frame formed of the two parallel spaced side members 1, 2 connected at the bottom by the cross piece 3 and atthe top by the arched bar 4. The rollers 5, 6 are mounted in the side. members, the roller 6 being actuated by the handle 7. The adjusting spring 8 for the roller 5 extends transversely of the frame in the usual manner and is under control of the hand screw 9 that extends throughthe arched bar 4 and carries the hand wheel 10.

A feed board 11 is secured by pivot hinges 12 to the side members 1, 2 in such manner denote corre- Serial No. 8?,219.

that when not in use it can be folded flat against said members in an out of the way position. A receiving board 18 is likewise secured by pivots or hinges to the said side members 1, 2 and is foldable thereagainst upon the side opposite to that of the feed board when not in use.

Clamps 15 and 16 are secured by hinges 17 to those faces of the side members 1 and 2, which. are directed toward one another so that they may be moved into operative position for engagement with the support 18 and be fastened thereto by means of the screws 19 or, when not in use, moved into an out of the way position, the clamp 16 being shown in such position in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a frame having side members, rollers journalled between the side members, clamp members pivoted at the inner surfaces of the side members adjacent the lower ends thereof and having surface engaging ends adapted for swinging movement in the vertical plane of said frame from positions heligeeaees tween and above the lower ends of said mem- V bers to positions below the said ends for securing the frame to a horizontally disposed plane surface.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature.

i-iJALMAR AHLIN. 

